Ukraine

The U.S. Air Force has praised the ability of Ukrainian pilots to master Western F-16 fighters and believes that the training program for them could be four months. This is stated in an internal document of the US Air Force, which was obtained by the portal Yahoo News, The document, which the United States passed on to NATO allies that operate F-16s, contains a detailed assessment of two Ukrainian pilots who were tested in late February and early March at an air base in Arizona. One of the Ukrainian pilots had experience flying the MiG-29, the other the Su-27. Both…

The stockpile of Kinzhaland Kalibr missiles in Russia is at a critical level. This was reported by the representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defense Andriy Yusov, "They have a large number of certain missile weapons, especially the S-300, which threatens the front-line territories, and the high-precision Daggers and Calibers are at a critical level," he noted. According to Yusov, due to sanctions, there is no possibility of rapid production of high-precision weapons in Russia, but nevertheless "there is a certain production." "We can talk about dozens of missiles per month. Even when they pause…

The May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow's Red Square highlighted the equipment and strategic communications challenges the Russian military has faced during its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to the U.K. Defense Ministry. Over 8,000 military personnel reportedly participated in the parade, but most were auxiliaries, paramilitary forces, and military academy cadets, the ministry wrote in its latest intelligence update. "The only personnel from deployable formations of regular forces were contingents of Railway Troops and military police." An old T-34 from a ceremonial unit was the only tank on this year's and no aircraft, were present at Russia's much-reduced…

Russia is trying to overwhelm the Ukrainian army with a large number of mobilized and outdated equipment. This was stated by the Chairman of the NATO Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer During a press conference, Bauer was asked to comment on the future development of the war in Ukraine. "We will see that the Russians will focus on quantity, more mobilized, poorly trained with outdated equipment, but in large numbers," the admiral said. And the Ukrainians, he said, "will focus on quality with Western weapons systems and Western training. This will be a big change in the coming months, I…

The National Police’s "War Criminal" database already includes more than 200,000 Russians who have committed crimes in Ukraine. He noted that the National Police has created a subsystem called "War Criminal," where all units enter data on Russian military personnel who have committed crimes on the territory of Ukraine. "In total, this database already includes more than 200,000 Russians who have crossed the borders of Ukraine with weapons and committed crimes here. In my opinion, this is a very good base for SSU investigators and other bodies investigating war crimes," emphasized Nebytov. According to him, the police of Kyiv region…

A Kh-47M2 Kinzhal being carried by a Mikoyan MiG-31K interceptor On Tuesday 9 May, Brigadier General Patrick Ryder, spokesman of the Pentagon, confirmed the statement of the Ukrainian side that the Russian Kinzhal missile, flying at hypersonic speed, was shot down from the Patriot air defence missile system. Source: Ryder's words are quoted by CNN, reports European Pravda Quote: "I can confirm that they [Ukrainians - ed.] did down a Russian missile by employing the Patriot missile defence system," Ryder said. "As you know, that system is part of a broader range of air defence capabilities that the United States…

Screenshot from the video of the 3rd Separate Assault Battalion The Armed Forces of Ukraine have confirmed the statement of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group, that the 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces fled Bakhmut. Quote: "Prigozhin's report about the escape of the 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces from the vicinities of Bakhmut and the "500 corpses" of Russians who remained there is true. The 3rd Assault Brigade is grateful for the publicity of our success at the front."  Details: The military personnel reported that within two days,…

UK opens tender for rockets akin to those denied by US, which could enable strikes deep into Crimea Britain and a group of European allies are hoping to supply long-distance cruise missiles to Ukraine, similar in range to those the US has so far refused to supply Kyiv, which could allow its army to strike deep into Russian-occupied Crimea. A tender document quietly released by the UK calls for western arms makers to offer “missiles or rockets with a range 100-300km” (62 to 186 miles) to the International Fund for Ukraine, run jointly with Denmark, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden.…

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Russian efforts to seize more Ukrainian territory are likely doomed unless the Kremlin manages to launch another draft, U.S. intelligence chiefs told lawmakers on Thursday, adding that Russia’s ground forces will in any case need years to rebuild. “If Russia does not initiate a mandatory mobilization and secure substantial third-party ammunition supplies beyond existing deliveries, from Iran and others, it will be increasingly challenging for them to sustain even modest offensive operations,” Avril Haines, who heads the Office of the Director of National Intelligence or ODNI, told the Senate Armed Services Committee. Gen. Scott Berrier, who heads the Defense Intelligence…